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A review by judythereader
Cursed in the Act by Raymond Buckland
3.0
The first book in a new mystery series featuring Bram Stoker as the sleuth. Set in and around the Lyceum Theater while Stoker is in charge, he and his faithful sidekick Harry investigate the poisoning of the theater's leading man.
The book is told from Harry's point of view as he goes off to do the work while Stoker is the brains.
Like many first books, it started a little slow as the characters were introduced and the stage was set (pardon my pun), but then things picked up. The historical detail was interesting. I really enjoyed the characters. I want to know more about Stoker himself. Because Harry is an employee and has some hero worship of Stoker, he keeps a distance and isn't a friend in the know.
Stoker's fascination with the occult was shown. The book leaves it up to reader to determine if there was anything paranormal going on, without going all ooky about it. It's so minor and commonplace the reader may not care.
I did figure things out far before Harry and probably before Stoker, but that could be because I read a lot of mysteries.
All in all, I'm looking forward to more.
The book is told from Harry's point of view as he goes off to do the work while Stoker is the brains.
Like many first books, it started a little slow as the characters were introduced and the stage was set (pardon my pun), but then things picked up. The historical detail was interesting. I really enjoyed the characters. I want to know more about Stoker himself. Because Harry is an employee and has some hero worship of Stoker, he keeps a distance and isn't a friend in the know.
Stoker's fascination with the occult was shown. The book leaves it up to reader to determine if there was anything paranormal going on, without going all ooky about it. It's so minor and commonplace the reader may not care.
I did figure things out far before Harry and probably before Stoker, but that could be because I read a lot of mysteries.
All in all, I'm looking forward to more.